Some 20 foreign troops killed, hurt in Iraq blasts

About 20 foreign soldiers were killed or wounded when blasts hit their bases and several government buildings in the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Saturday, a spokesman for Polish-led troops in the region said.

"We know that in Kerbala...there were multiple attacks,(positions of) two coalition forces were attacked, also the university, city hall and the police station," he told Reuters.

"Among coalition forces we have about 20 casualties but we don't know the nationalities, or how many dead or wounded," he said.